A spring in my step

After my last post I was thrilled to see a ‘lion eye’ post from Rob (The Photographic Journey of Bulldog). Rob is a brilliant photographer and one of the main reasons I decided to try my hand at photography. We don’t have lions in Australia so Rob added the missing piece for me from his Kalahari trip last year. Check out his blog – you won’t be disappointed with his amazing pictures.

The snake from last weeks post was terrifying a big hit. I didn’t include the back story in the last post but I did mention it in some of my comments. I saw the snake in my bathroom five minutes before I was set to do a Skype job interview. Like a true professional I ran around the house screaming and flailing my arms until the Skype call came through.

The good news is I got the job and the job is not snake wrangler.

The job is content writer for a company who does a lot of work for not-for-profit and Government disability websites. The icing on the cake is the fact that I don’t have to leave my Writer’s Nook to do this (a huge bonus when you live way out in the bush).

Yesterday’s dog walk was interesting because I could clearly see the waxing moon in the early afternoon.

Then I saw some wild flowers

I heard a noise above and saw a strange tree I’ve never noticed before. It’s a Redgum that has been taken over by some kind of Strangler Fig. It’s beautiful, but looks like something out of a horror movie.

Phab Photos again Dianne.So well done on the professionalism when you saw the snake. I bet I’d have screamed louder and I certainly wouldn’t have got the job. Congratulations on getting it.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx

Oh wow, Dianne, I’m thrilled about the job for you, but I can’t get past the snake in the bathroom thing. I honestly think I would pass out. Not much could get me to faint, but a snake in my home? Um, yeah, that might do it. Shudder with a capital ‘S’!

The snake is still in the ceiling space somewhere, Carrie. I think it’s feeding on any mice that were left over after they ate my chocolates last year on Mother’s Day. They’d be very fat and juicy by now. No wonder the snake refuses to leave 😀

I guess it’s just something we live with here. I remember when there was a goanna having babies in my roof (in the old house). That was scary because i thought it was going to fall through the ceiling onto my bed in the middle of the night. The babies were cute, though. The RUC roof is probably a bit too high (and more structurally sound than the old place) for a goanna to climb (phew!!!)

Oh, Dianne, I love your comment about running around like a true professional, screaming until Skype kicked in for your interview. That’s multi-tasking, a characteristic of successful job interviewees! Like Carrie, I’d have trouble with a snake in my bathroom…or ANYWHERE in my house.

Don’t click on the snake if you don’t like snakes because it just about jumps out of the screen at you, Jenny 😉 The moon looked fantastic in ‘real life’ and I’m glad it actually came out in the pic (the moon never really looks the same unless you have a telescopic lens) 😀

The secret to conveying extra pep in a job interview… close encounter with a snake.

Interesting message here http://www.spirit-animals.com/snake/ about encountering a snake “Transmutation is the key word here. The shedding of old skin and emotions and transforming them into something bigger and better. If Snake winds itself into your life know that change is in the wind and that you are at the center of it all as the catalyst. Make sure that your intentions are clear and that you have clear a clear sense of the direction that you need to strike out in. Snake is letting you know that these changes are safe and that there is no need to fear them.”

Congratulations 🙂 Does this mean you have more time on your hands, and you handy-woman days are limited?

I checked out the link. It’s SO interesting 😀 I was taken by your comment so I didn’t even get to respond to your question. I’m still doing the ‘handy-woman’ thing at the moment. I’m currently building a fence to keep the dogs in because one of the rascals loves to jump 😦 I’ll get a photo of it when it’s finished – (and it’s pretty good if I may say so myself) lol 😀

Hey thanks for the mention … but your photos are brilliant… Congrats on the job and nice that you get to do it from home.. where the snakes are… all that screaming probably frightened the crap out of the snake, next time try asking it nicely to leave, you never know… otherwise show it a big stick and tell it to go, that normally works…

No worries at all, Rob – it was great to see those lion eyes 😉 The snake is still somewhere in the ceiling space and I don’t mind as long as it stays there. I’ll be eating any rats that may have decided to make the RUC thier home 😀

Its funny Dianne how life has its moments, the snake was one of those moments you could do without. You would have already been under stress waiting for that call. So happy you founds some work that you can do from home. Perfect and i wish you well.

Thank you so much, Kath.The snake is still around somewhere (I can’t bring myself to kill anything) so I’ll just have to wait until it’s eaten any mice in the ceiling space and decides to move on (hopefully!) 😀

Great photos Dianne, loved the waning moon shot, I will definitely pop over to see Rob’s blog, thanks for the link. Congrats on the job and that was a very interesting comment from EllaDee. Now I don’t suppose you will have time to make any Quandong jam as you will be too busy…

I didn’t know you could make Quandong jam. Wow – I’ll look for a recipe now (although my mother-in-law is the jam maker so she may have one). EllaDee’s comment was very interesting indeed – I’ll have to keep an eye on these ‘signs’ that come into my life now 😀

The snake is still somewhere in the ceiling. I don’t really mind this because I know if it’s there it’s probably eating mice and rats and they’re my least favorite animal. Please come out – it wont hurt you lol 😀

Congratulations on the job! Maybe the snake helped you in some way, almost like a good luck charm. Or maybe they figured if you could handle that you could handle anything! Thanks for pointing out the photography blog – I love photography blogs for the inspiration.

Congratulations on the new position! Working from home is something I really enjoy. I can get so much more done in a shorter period without all the interruptions from people chatting all around me. 🙂 I’m not sure, though, that I could’ve done an interview knowing that snake was still in the house!

It’s amazing how much more you can get done working from home – and it’s far more relaxing! I’m just glad that snake didn’t decide to pop it’s head out during the interview – they would have thought I was a nut! lol 😀

Congrats on your job. I love working from home, although I wish I could curtail some of the interruptions. Kids, not snakes. Although, a snake interruption would be quite exciting! Love the pic of that tree.

Dianne – Oh, sounds like a perfect job. The best jobs are when you can be brilliant in your PJs and having your coffee. I always felt the best of the day was lost in the mere preparation of getting ready for the day.
Your photographs are stunning. I don’t know much about photography but I do know what I like!

Such great news on your writing job!! Sounds like the perfect position for you in the bush…I hope you will really enjoy it!!
Also, your photography has evolved really remarkably over the past year…it’s addictive, isn’t it??
I do love your pictures from home…keep that creative fire burning, too!!
Hugs and kisses,
Sheila

I was just looking at another photography blog and saw that this person isn’t actually a photographer – like me they just started taking pics to fill in the blanks on their blog. I guess blogging is good like that, we learn new skills 😉 Happy 4th to all of you at Casa de Canterbury and thanks so much for the congrats!!! 😀

I don’t know how you were able to focus on the interview knowing that the snake was lurking nearby. I’d have been constantly peering over my shoulder for fear of it slipping itself around my neck. And I like snakes.

Congrats on the job and being able to work from home. I’m sure it’d have been a helluva commute otherwise. 🙂

Amazing and strange images of your local nature offerings as ever Dianne. I’d imagine the obligation to produce content to a deadline might spin off into your fiction. Certainly I need to arrest the drifting at some stage.